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U.S. Senator, Texas · Republican

John Cornyn

139 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for67073.2%
  • Voted against23225.4%
  • Did not vote131.4%
98.6%
of the votes they could cast
139
statements indexed
5,863
words on the floor

Turned up for 98.6% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Cornyn voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Mike Crapo more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with John Fetterman. They agreed 26 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
November 30, 2002
Terms served
5 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
Born
February 2, 1952

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Cornyn's indexed remarks divide between the border and the year's business. Border security leads at five, with immigration at three, alongside resolutions of congressional disapproval at five and the 2027 defense authorization at four. Government efficiency, government funding, Iran and a voter eligibility bill follow at three each.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

139 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against John Cornyn’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 139 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, John Cornyn voted on 834 and was with the Republican majority on 834 of them.

834 party line votes cast

  • With their party834100.0%
  • Against their party00.0%

This member did not break with their party on any of them.

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks John Cornyn as speaking in 259 items of business across 120 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists John Cornyn. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Texas seat in this chamber is held by Ted Cruz.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.